WKEW

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WKEW
Image:WKEW logo.gif
City of license Greensboro, North Carolina
Slogan The Light 1400
Frequency 1400 kHz
Format Gospel music
Power 1000 Watts
Class C
Transmitter Coordinates 36°04′00″N 79°47′49″W / 36.066667, -79.79694
Owner Truth Broadcasting Corporation
Website 1340thelight.com

WKEW (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music format. Licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, the station is currently owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation.

[edit] History

WGBG ("We're Going to Beat Germany") signed on 10 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, playing such artists as Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw. [1].

Dusty Dunn began his 44-year career at WGBG "when The Beatles were the next big thing." In the early 1980s, he returned to the station (which was WKEW by that time) to do a four-hour morning talk show[2].

In 1983, Bill Mitchell bought WGBG and changed its letters to WKEW. The station also became the first news/talk station in Greensboro[3].

On September 4, 1998, WKEW changed to Radio Disney, a radio format designed for children[1].

Truth Broadcasting bought WKEW in 2000[4]. In January 2001, Radio Disney moved to WCOG and WKEW began airing the same programming as WPOL in Winston-Salem[5] [6].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Jeri Rowe, "A Mouse in the House - WKEW , Greensboro's Longtime News-Talk Station, Will Become a Radio Disney Affiliate Today," Greensboro News & Record, September 4, 1998.
  2. ^ Jeri Rowe, "Greensboro's Voice Is Signing Off," Greensboro News & Record, May 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Jeri Rowe, "'King' of Local Radio Dies at Age 78 - Radio Pioneer Bill Mitchell Helped Introduce Rock 'N' Roll to the City," Greensboro News & Record, December 6, 2000.
  4. ^ "Lorillard Starts Governmental Section," Greensboro News & Record, August 10, 2000.
  5. ^ "Dillon Fence Reunites for N.C. Performances," Greensboro News & Record, December 21, 2000.
  6. ^ "Gospel Music AM Station Is Catching On," Greensboro News & Record, August 2, 2001

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